Audio and podcasting

PodSpot alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

BLE-Research-Group/MetaRadar1,514GPL-3.0Monitors and finds nearby Bluetooth Low Energy devices with filters and notifications.Open on GitHub oliexdev/openScale2,459GPL-3.0Bluetooth-enabled weight and body metrics tracking app for smart scales.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

App Store discoverability and existing user reviews
Polish and UX refinements tuned by real user feedback
Ongoing tweaks to signal-processing heuristics from field data
Cross‑platform builds or integrations beyond iOS

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches PodSpot, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.